Published date: 10 June 2022

Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.


Closing: 13 October 2021, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Optician services - 85160000

Location of contract

North West

Value of contract

£1,500,237

Procurement reference

M-21-05 #2

Published date

10 June 2022

Closing date

13 October 2021

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

1 July 2022

Contract end date

30 June 2026

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Other: Single Tender Action using Light Touch Regime

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes


Description

NHS Midlands and Lancashire Commissioning Support Unit (MLCSU) is supporting NHS Southport & Formby CCG and South Sefton CCG who are the Contracting Authority for this opportunity. The CCGs are also working in partnership with NHS West Lancashire CCG and Southport & Ormskirk Hospitals NHS Trust. The Contracting Authority wishes to award a contract for an Optometry First (First Contact Practitioner) Service for patients in the CCG area.

The Authority is awarding a contract to a Prime Contractor who will manage a range of Optometry First (First Contact Practitioner) Services. The services are designed to provide safe, integrated, and sustainable system-wide clinical care pathways to support COVID-19 recovery and restoration and the prevention of avoidable visual impairment.

The Contracting Authority wishes to award a 3-year contract with the option to extend for a further 1 x 1-year period.


More information

Previous notice about this procurement

NHS Southport & Formby CCG and South Sefton CCG Optometry First (First Contact Practitioner) Services

  • Early engagement
  • Published 17 September 2021

Additional text

This Contract Award Notice is published under the Public Contract Regulations 2015. It is for clinical services which are Light Touch Regime services for the purpose of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 as specified in Schedule 3 of the Regulations ('Regulations'). Accordingly, the contracting authority is only bound by those parts of the Regulations detailed in Chapter 3 Particular Procurement Regimes Section 7. The contracting authority is not voluntarily following any other part of the Regulations.

A call for Expressions of Interest has previously been carried out and Primary Eyecare Services were the only service provider to submit a response to the call for Expressions of Interest and in that response, provided evidence of the capability and capacity to deliver the service.

Following publication of the VEAT notice on Friday 10th June 2022, there will be a 10-day standstill period, concluding on Monday 20th June 2022. Following satisfactory conclusion of the standstill period, the CCG will enter into a contract with Primary Eyecare Services Ltd for 3 year(s) with the option to extend by 1 x 1-year period.


Award information

Awarded date

30 November 2021

Contract start date

1 July 2022

Contract end date

30 June 2026

Total value of contract

£1,500,237

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

PRIMARY EYECARE SERVICES LIMITED

Address

2 Woodbridge Street
LONDON
EC1R 0DG
GB

Reference

Companies House number: 06722353

Value of contract

£1,500,237

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No


About the buyer

Contact name

Helen Graham

Address

c/o NHS South Sefton CCG and NHS Southport & Formby CCG
Ma
Bootle
L20 3NJ
England

Email

mlcsu.tendersnorth@nhs.net

Website

www.southseftonccg.nhs.uk